Just sixteen years old, Johanna seems the quintessence of purity. Apparently the fifteen years she has spent under the watch of the rigid and cruel Judge Turpin have done her no harm, though they have made her yearn for freedom (a desire that becomes even sharper after she meets Anthony). While it’s clear that Judge Turpin commits Johanna to a madhouse for his own nefarious reasons, Johanna has indeed been unhinged by the trauma of her upbringing and her foster father’s lasciviousness and cruelty.